Gary Siuzdak
Scripps Research Institute, USA

Dr. Siuzdak is Senior Director of the Scripps Center for Mass Spectrometry and Professor of Molecular Biology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California (http://masspec.scripps.edu/). He is also Faculty Guest at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Vice President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. His research includes developing novel approaches to metabolomics and proteomics, the development of nanostructure-initiated desorption/ionization, intact viral analysis, preparative mass spectrometry, and mass-based inhibitor-enzyme screening. He has over 140 peer-reviewed publications and three books, the latest being The Expanding Role of Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnology, 2nd Edition 2006.